In what may spark a fresh controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday said the two Indian clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, were working against the nation.

"They are lying in order to defend themselves and get sympathy. They are saying that they were portrayed as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent. We can't trust them. We have independent information that they are working against the nation," Swamy told ANI.

Earlier in the day, hinting towards Pakistan's conspiracy to convict innocent Indians, one of the Sufi clerics, said that one of the papers in the neighbouring country had printed false news of them being RAW agents.

Nazim Nizami, one of the two clerics, told the reporters that a newspaper 'Ummat' in Pakistan printed false statements of them being "RAW spies".

"There is a newspaper Ummat (in Pakistan) which has printed false statements (of the two clerics being RAW spies) and photos," Nizami told the media here.